Introduction: CYCLING SAFETY JACKET
- The Problem/Role of jacket
- The problem our project seeks to address is bicycle safety and increasing communication between cyclists and drivers.
-50,000 cyclist accidents occur annually in the US
-More than 700 of such accidents resulting in fatalities
What causes these accidents?
-Foggy visibility, unaware turning intentions, dark clothing, etc.
Who is involved?
-Pedestrians, bystanders, motorists, other cyclists, etc.
The solution
-Our jacket is a great remedy for the majority of these accidents because it increases communication between cyclists and their environment. The device features hands free turn signal and stop capability. Additionally, the device uses bright multi colored LED's for safety and awareness.
- Ideology of the Jacket
- Basic stats of the jacket
- Possible Video/Slide Show
Step 1: GATHER THE APPROPRIATE MATERIALS
For this project, you will need...
LilyPad 328 Arduino Board (1)
LilyPad Power Supply
LilyPad FTDI
14 LilyPad LED's (Red, Yellow, or White)
White Acrylic Plastic Sheet
Soldering Iron
Basic Construct Materials: electrical tape, solder, hot glue, insulated copper wire, etc.
Step 2: PREPARATION
Acrylic Cut-Outs(2)
Cut two arrows from the white acrylic plastic with the pictured dimensions (Laser Cut Preferred). For convenience, you can find the illustrator file below. Be sure to save as an illustrator document!
Acrylic Cut-Out Drilling
Lay one arrow to the side for Step Five, do not touch this arrow until then! Keep the other in front of you, this is now your mounting board. Use a marker to trace the following holes before drilling. Drill the holes as pictured and as evenly spaced as possible.
-Drill 14 holes for the 7 LED installations along each arrow point
-Drill 22 holes for the LilyPad 328 arduino board in the upper-center portion of the acrylic arrow
-Drill 4 holes for the LilyPad power supply
Switch Creation
-Cut four copper tape strips and fold them in a ring-like shape.
-Cut two longer strips of insulated copper wire to the size of 1.5 times your arm length
-Solder copper tape rings to one side of each copper wire
ARROW ILLUSTRATOR DESIGN FILE BELOW--
Attachments
Step 3: Wiring Procedure
Basic Wiring:
During this process,
-Thread wire through each hole from the bottom of the mounting board
-Solder wires to establish connections
-Leave as little slack as possible when soldering wires
-Use electrical tape to keep the wiring snug and organized
Battery Wiring Procedure
-Connect negative's to grounding rings
-Connect positive to positive pin on Lilypad board
LED Wiring Procedure
Ground each led according to diagram above, solid copper wire should be used to make
the grounding rings for the right and left side and copper wire should feed to Lilypad grounding
pin. Refer to LED numbering diagram for LED numbers.
Right arrow
-Assign & connect LED 1 and 2 positives to LilyPad pin 3
-Assign & connect LED 1 and 2 positives to LilyPad pin 4
-Assign & connect LED 1 and 2 positives to LilyPad pin 5
-Assign & connect LED 7 positive to LilyPad pin 6
Left arrow:
-Assign & connect LED 8 and 9 positives to LilyPad pins 17
-Assign & connect LED 10 and 11 positives to LilyPad pins 15
-Assign & connect LED 12 and 13 positives to LilyPad pins 13
-Assign & connect LED 14 positive to LilyPad pin 12
Switch Wiring Procedure
Right Arrow Switch:
-Connect one end to ground
-Connect other end to digital pin 18 (analog a4)
Left Arrow Switch:
-Connect one end to ground
-Connect other end to digital pin 2
Step 4: Upload Code
Upload the code below from "testcase.ino" into your LilyPad board through arduino.
-Remember to save the file as .ino to make it readable!
Attachments
Step 5: Attatchement and Finalization
Create clear acrylic cut-outs for weatherproofing
-1" x 4" (x4)
-1" x 1" (x4)
-1" x 8.5" (x1)
-1" x 8.5" (x1) --Cut two circular holes in center of the cut square for switch wires to pass through
-Two transparent acrylic arrow cut outs, one with a hole big enough to let the battery through
Connect the cut-outs
-Place the newly made clear arrow cut out in front of you (the one without the battery hole)
-Place the white acrylic cut-out (from step two) on top of the clear arrow
-Place the mounting board on top of the white acrylic cut-out so that all wires are hidden from sight
-Place the last clear arrow (with battery hole) cut-out on top of the mounting board
-Use the clear acrylic cut-out squares to create walls around the device
-Hot glue the edges of the clear acrylic cut-outs to create an enclosed wall.
Finally, cut out a few additional clear acrylic pieces to cover the battery with hot glue. The device should be completely covered. Glue both drawstrings to the non-LED side of the enclosure in a loop fashion, making the device wearable with arm straps and complete.
See it in action!
